Any SFMM ride closures during christmas week?

[saxman47]

Hey everybody,

 

I'm planning a trip to SFMM for the weekend after christmas, and after searching the forums I ran into a few posts which said that certain rides like X and Viper may be closed (for cold weather or rehab maybe?)

 

Do any of you SoCal folks have any input on this? I guess the park has to rehab their rides sometime, but hopefully they wait until january/february for that sort of thing.

 

Any help would be awesome, thanks!

[arrowfanman]

-X2 will close for cold weather/high winds. Or rather open late, as once the trains are warmed up it's usually fine. This weather combination is not "regular" for So Cal, it does happen occasionally. I have only see X2 open late for this, once, so I suppose I wouldn't worry too much.

 

-Ninja oftentimes will open late due to the cold-temperature, but it will open. This does become a regular occurance.

 

-Some water rides will not be open, for various reasons.

 

-Dejavu likely will not be open.

 

 

 

The reality of the matter is the only coaster you're likely going to be missing is Deja. The "cold-weather rides" will still open, albiet possibly late.

 

-Jahan

[saxman47]

thanks Jahan that's exactly what I was looking for

[arrowfanman]

BTW, I've been corrected. X2 didn't open last monday, the entire day, due to weather as well.

 

Other than those two instances, it hasn't been a problem.

 

-Jahan

[PeoplemoverMatt]

Just out of curiousity, why would high winds only close X2?

[arrowfanman]

Cold winds + cold temperature, together.

 

X had a history of valleying. It had happened several times. There are a lot of moving parts (aka, friction) and the ride slows as it makes it around the circuit.

 

 

X2's trains are likely more affected by weather (likely due to less momentum) and therefore, the park is probably taking strong precautionary measures to not lose the operation of it's starring attraction.

 

 

 

 

That's my interpretation, at least.

 

-Jahan

[cooksta77]

The original X as does X2 9 out of 10 times always closed for high winds. Even if X2 is open during winds the fire effect will be off for saftey reasons!

[ebl]

Actually, they'll all be closed and you'll have to take a security guard hostage with a BB gun and make him open the rides.

 

Eric

[Mr. Starr]

^ I still watch that movie on a frequent basis!